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Aerojet Celebrates Successful NASA STS-117 Atlantis Mission
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, joins NASA in celebrating the June 8 launch of the space shuttle Atlantis STS-117. The Atlantis crew anticipates at least four spacewalks and will spend 13 days on the Space Station performing maintenance and construction operations.
Aerojet has designed and built the two Orbital Maneuvering Engines, 38 Primary thrusters, six Vernier thrusters and seven gas generators aboard each Shuttle mission. Aerojet also refurbishes and manufactures spare parts, replacement thrusters and gas generators. "Aerojet is proud to be an ongoing propulsion partner in NASA's space shuttle missions," said Aerojet President Scott Neish.
Aerojet is a world-recognized aerospace and defense leader principally serving the missile, space propulsion and armaments markets. GenCorp is a leading technology-based manufacturer of aerospace and defense products and systems with a real estate business segment that includes activities related to the entitlement, sale and leasing of the company's excess real estate assets. Additional information about Aerojet and GenCorp can be obtained by visiting the companies' Web sites at http://www.Aerojet.com and http://www.GenCorp.com.
SOURCE Aerojet - 06/12/2007
CONTACT:
Kristin Conner of Aerojet, +1-916-355-2143, Kristin.Conner@Aerojet.com; or
Linda Cutler of GenCorp, +1-916-351-8650, Linda.Cutler@GenCorp.com
Web site: http://www.aerojet.com - http://www.GenCorp.com
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding GenCorp Inc.'s business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.
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